Format

Variant Call Format

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Summary

Name: Variant Call Format
Version: 4.x
Identifiers: PUID: fmt/908
Format type: Dataset
Description: The Variant Call Format (VCF) specifies the format of a text file used in bioinformatics for storing gene sequence variations.
File extensions: vcf
Submitted by: Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Variant Call Format 3.x

Internal signatures

Variant Call Format v4

Description: BOF: ##fileformat=VCFv4 We currently only distinguish by major version number, but it may be desireable to distinguish between minor version too. Specifications: https://github.com/samtools/hts-specs

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length: Absolute from BOF
Offset: 0
Max offset: 0
Byte Sequence: 232366696C65666F726D61743D5643467634
Endianness: None

Changelog

V86

Release date

27 July 2016
- Added format
  
  Variant Call Format 4.x: Full entry added.
- Added signature
  
  Variant Call Format 4.x: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.